Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Belongs to Acanthocrania according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Acanthocrania alta, Acanthocrania cracentis, Acanthocrania densispina, Acanthocrania elusa, Acanthocrania intermedia, Acanthocrania magna, Acanthocrania minutispinosa, Acanthocrania nordtimanica, Acanthocrania platys, Acanthocrania regularis, Acanthocrania setigera, Acanthocrania spiculata, Acanthocrania vasta
Type specimen: USNM 151430b, a valve. Its type locality is USNM732, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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